RT Article
T1 Do School Resource Officers Really Refer Juveniles to the Juvenile Justice System for Less Serious Offenses?
JF Criminal justice policy review
VO 29
IS 1
SP 89
OP 105
A1 May, David C. 1966-
A2 Haynes, Stacy H.
A2 Barranco, Raymond
A2 Robertson, Angela A.
A2 Stokes, Ethan
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1726138208
AB In this article, we use 3 years of youth court data from a southeastern state to examine whether referrals that originated from school resource officers (SROs) involve greater proportions of less serious offenses than referrals from other sources. Referrals from SROs during the 3-year period were similar to referrals by law enforcement outside of school for status and serious offenses. SROs were less likely than law enforcement officers outside of school to refer juveniles for minor offenses during the 3-year period. Our findings suggest that schools, not solely police in schools, make a large contribution to the number of juveniles referred to the juvenile justice system for less serious offenses. Implications for policy and future research are also discussed.
K1 School
K1 School to prison pipeline
K1 School resource officers
K1 School crime
K1 Police
DO 10.1177/0887403415610167